Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Copper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Copper and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Copper
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Copper:
- 45.751270, -116.548200
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Copper
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Wallowa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wallowa County
- Since Copper is near Idaho County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Idaho County
- eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Copper ...
We found four communities that share the name Copper.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Copper.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Copper ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Copperville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
- Copperville is located in Idaho County (ID)
- Joseph
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Mexican Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mexican Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Place
- Mexican Place is located in Idaho County (ID)
- Parliament
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parliament have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament
- Parliament is located in Wallowa County
- Shells Lick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shells Lick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
- Shells Lick is located in Idaho County (ID)
- Slate Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Creek
- Slate Creek is located in Idaho County (ID)
- Whipsaw Saddle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whipsaw Saddle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipsaw Saddle
- Whipsaw Saddle is located in Idaho County (ID)
- White Bird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bird
- White Bird is located in Idaho County (ID)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Bird <6>
How Far From Copper to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Copper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Copper once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Copper and extending to:
- Enterprise, which is the Seat of Wallowa County, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Copper to Enterprise, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 117 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,559 miles [12,165 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,612 miles [9,031.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Wallowa County: www.co.wallowa.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Copper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Copper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7513, Longitude: -116.5482 In this case, the coordinates for Copper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Copper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Copper could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <8> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Copper to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.031 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.689 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.185 degrees. |